Your honor, I motion to have that "Touche" stricken from the record!  If all these multi-platform games weren't multi-platform, what would be the motivation to push a console as hard as you can?  The reason games like Uncharted, Killzone, and MAG are the technical marvels that they are is because Sony had to get up off of their asses and make people stand up and say "wow" when they saw PS3 games.  Believe me, Sony would have been more than happy to bask in insane PS3 sales while gamers bought Tekken 6 and Resident Evil 5 exclusively for the PS3.

And just because a game is available for both consoles doesn't mean that it can't be optimized for one console.  Look at Resident Evil on the Gamecube or Bayonetta for the 360.  Multiplatform doesn't mean a gimped PS3 version.  It just means more people get to play.  This generation, it's up to the first party to make sure that their console is worth buying.  Looking at my console collection, it seems like they're all doing a good job!!

It would be odd to a Mario Kart game, or any Mario game, on the PS3 or 360. So I would have to say, yes, I endorse it :).

No, I think people are scared that games being multi-plat would suck on their console or not be as good as the other console's version. It's the fear that their console would sell less and looked down on, because they have an inferior version, that drives people to want exclusives.. Flaws are only present if there is an alternative that is better... ¬_¬

Of course I think this way, because Dreacast died. I don't love brands like I used to. Sega plays the whole field now and so should I... When you have your heart cut out, you would feel the same way. So fuck exclusives... FUCK YOU

I endorse it.

Multiplatform games almost never showcase a system's true capabilities because Devs won't or can't modify it enough to max out each different system's potential and still keep the game itself uncompromised.

I mean, games like Uncharted 2 and God of War 3 could only be fully realised on PS3, while something like Red Steel 2 or Mario Galaxy wouldn't be nearly as compelling without the Wii's controls.

Also, it gives the different consoles personality. If all their libraries were the same, it'd all come down to secondary factors like pricing. This is why the PS3 and 360 often feel interchangeable to me, due to sharing so many of their games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y732h-7WZaI (Mario on the PS3)

I would say, better would be to have them run natively on the PS3 rather than through emulation (like Wii emulation on Windows PCs).

I think Nintendo gaming would be a good fit for the PS3, maybe release a restyled PS3 with a joyful mushroom casing or something.

Hopefully, with the pending releases of Move and Natal, Microsoft and Sony will begin to stand out from each other a little more in the way that Nintendo has managed to maintain its own individuality.  It's not the responsibility of Capcom, Konami, or Square-Enix to make one platform stand out over another.

--enjoyed the debates today, guys!!  I gotta work a twelve hour night shift and I've spent all of my "sleepy time" on VGChartz!!  Later, dudes!

Last gen, the PS2 completely dominated the market...yet GoWII was one of the best looking games. It's not a matter of "getting up off their ass" here, instead it's just that Sony's first party knows the technology at hand and will push it as far as they are capable. Beause they're first party, what'd you think would happen? They'd make sloppy games? They'd get shut down in a heartbeat if that were the case. It's BECAUSE those games are from first party studios that they are the technical marvels that they are. Majesco games could make a shitty game for the PS3, and Sony couldn't do anything to them about it. Naughty Dog releases crap that isn't up to standard, and you might just see an Activision/IW situation. 

"If all these multi-platform games weren't multi-platform, what would be the motivation to push a console as hard as you can?" umm I dunno? You see one developer make this excellent game, then you decide "I want to be better than this", so you go to the next level in terms of development, and use all the resources available on your platform of choice without having to worrying about changing optimization to fit another platform? I mean, what multiplatform developer has pushed any console? Don't say Crytek, because as much as they're talking about Crysis 2, I just downloaded the "The Wall" trailer in 1080p, and I swear to God that in game trailer looked no better than something on the Unreal Engine. Sue me for saying that =/ 

Oh, in the case of Bayonetta, multiplatform DID equal a gimped PS3 version. Just look at the differences lol. And lastly, I stand by the belief that multiplatform =/= more people get to play the game, but instead, multiplatform = the same people are playing the game, the fanbase is just split between consoles. I've used the MGS4 example many times, as compared to other former PS exclusives, and you see that exclusive compared to exclusive, the numbers stayed relatively the same, whereas former exclusive compared to multiplatform....well the numbers stayed relatively the same again. FFXIII is the latest example. What did FFXII sell? 5.69M. What has FFXIII sold? 5.37M. Virtually no difference. More people playing the game? Not at all. Same people playing the game

certain games get better polish as exclusive

"It's not the responsibility of Capcom, Konami, or Square-Enix to make one platform stand out over another."

I totally agree with this!

It's up to the console makers and 1st parties to make the consoles stand out, but 3rd parties should work to make their company stand out. Whether that means making multi-plat or exlusive games is totally up to them, and their needs/preferences.

I'm no enemy of exclusives though, in fact almost every game I own for my Wii is an exclusive game.

Why would 3rd partys keep making games on the weakest platform last gen and all of a sudden this gen they want "the full power" of something?

Sony paid them to keep it exclusive, just like MS has done.

But yes i support exclusivity, because certain games just depend on certain platforms.